A unique and harmonious Champagne rosé showing delicate notes of raspberries, wild strawberries and herbs. The palate is intense, fruity with light notes of spiced berries and raw bitter almond with a long complex and dry finish. This is a real tasting experience!
TYPE: Sparkling
REGION: Champagne
GRAPE VARIETY: Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: HVE
STYLE: Delicate, Red Berries, Creamy, Round, Nutty, Complex, Dry, Elegant
STAFF TIPS: Open the bottle 20 minutes before drinking it. Carafe the Champagne for better immediate results.
FOOD & MOOD: Stuffed turkey or red fruits dessert & Feeling sophisticated
ABV: 12.5%
ABOUT THE VINE & CELLAR
This is made from a single plot of Pinot noir harvested on a single year. Most Champagne rosés are made from blending white with red wine but this is a rare example of a short skin maceration (42 hours) technique. The wine is then fermented and aged in the barrel before the secondary fermentation. The malolactic fermentation is blocked to retain freshness and acidity and the wine is unfiltered.
ABOUT MAURICE GRUMIER
The Grumier family have been Champenois for many generations in Venteuil in the Marne Valley and since 1743 have been grape growers until two centuries later when they started bottling their own champagne. When Maurice took over the family vineyards he decided to focus into making it prosperous business and it was (and still is!) all about the quality of the fruit, therefore the wines. Fabien Grumier is now looking after the 8.5ha composed of over 50% of Pinot Meunier. The shift of the grower has lately been on the return of barrels in the cellar and lower dosage to exhibit the great work pursued in the vineyards and lower sugar means more refreshing and detailed Champagne in the glass.
